Which factor played the most significant role in the start of world war II

A) the network of secret military alliances created by the League of Nations

B) the rise of authoritarian leaders in countries suffering from the Great Depression

C) the rivalry between totalitarian expansionist powers in Europe and those in asia

D) the lenient treatment offered to germany and italy following world war I

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23 February, 07:38

Which factor played the most significant role in the start of world war II

A) the network of secret military alliances created by the League of Nations

B) the rise of authoritarian leaders in countries suffering from the Great Depression

C) the rivalry between totalitarian expansionist powers in Europe and those in asia

D) the lenient treatment offered to germany and italy following world war I

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Myles · Answer 1

Answer: B) The rise of authoritarian leaders in countries suffering from the Great Depression

Explanation: There are many factors that led to the Second World War, and everything started after the end of the WWI and the Treaty of Versailles, which required Germany to pay war damages, seizing German territories, an order to reduce the army. This led to a poor economic situation in Germany, especially during the Great Depression, which was also the cause of a bad economic situation in Italy. This was again a trigger for the emergence of totalitarian leaders and regimes in these two countries. The League of Nations did not adequately respond to the growing totalitarian ideas and regimes, even in some situations, for example, the annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia by Germany, the League of Nations, thinking that it would satisfy the Nazi agree to such a concession. In one word, the League of Nations did not have the capacity to stop Nazism.